Details

Date Published

Aug. 1, 2016

CPU Clock Rate

4.8 GHz

CPU Temperature While Idle

35.0° C

CPU Temperature Under Load

55.0° C

Description

Inspired by D.Va from Overwatch.

Case has been recolored to match D.Va's theme. All metal pieces have been powder coated, plastic pieces were primed and painted, then covered with a matte clear coat.
Case frame has been changed to white (originally black).
Side panels now pink, inspired by her MEKA.
Green accent colors (grills), are based on the MEKA window color.
Plastic pieces are blue to match her bodysuit.

The vinyls I think really set the build apart, makes it look a lot more complete. I plan to get a MEKA vinyl made, but either have to find a nice looking vector or design it myself. This is planned for a future revamp.

To save space, the custom water cooling loop was done without a reservoir. This was a lot more tricky than I thought. I spent about 1.5hrs rolling the case around and slowly bleeding out the air bubbles (I have a valve which you may see in the pictures). Once I find a Mountain Dew bottle I may make that the reservoir.

Overclocking: CPU runs at 4.8GHz. GPU at 2.1GHz.

After 6hrs+ of yelling "Nerf This!" the loop gets to 55C. A little warm, but with only this single radiator it's not too bad. Fans are in push/pull on the radiator.

Overall I'm quite pleased with the build. If anyone wants to see it in person, I go to the CritGamer LAN parties in Tyler, TX.

Yes I agree! But the only backplate at the time said 1080 on it an I'm not a liar. I did see they have a backplate now so I will be picking it up sometime soon. Because I agree, it does really polish it off (since you can see that side).

Wow, the uniqueness here is awesome! I'm not an overwatch player, but looking at pictures of D.Va and her MEKA, this PC fits perfectly into the style of them, props as well for doing a full loop sans reservoir, a Mt. Dew bottle would be perfect. Wish I lived in Texas so I could see this beautiful rig in person!

Also, is there a possibility of some slick custom cables on the horizon? I'd love to see the build with them inside

Since the powder coating was done at a shop, I'm not sure the brand they used. As for the blue plastic pieces, I used an outdoor paint/primer in a rattlecan. Can't remember the brand, but it was the only one that matched.

Not gunna lie, i'm not a fan of flashy cases but im sitting here drueling lol because that is actually pretty simplistic and yet showing off as if its ready for anything. +1 for the subtle feel of it and the part selection. Absoulutely phenominal.

This case has some personality to it! Great job, personally I would have made the mesh Blue and used a green window tint for the side window, I feel that would stand out a bit more. I love that you got D.Va's ult symbol on the LCD, and the sticker is a nice break from all that pink.

Thanks! And not really. Since the other ones I know of have harder edges. The Phanteks Evolv is pretty sweet. A friend of mine has one, very nice case. But that might be a bit too squared off for what you are looking for.

+1 for the excellent CPU choice and oc (What settings do you play at?)
+1 for the customization and colours
+1 for using a Bitfenix case! (I'm a former Bitfenix Shinobi German Edition owner myself)
That's +3 pts from me!

Everything about this rig just looks incredible. I'm highly impressed with the paint job but more so with the custom liquid cooling loop. Amazing how you managed to fit all of that tubing inside of such a small chassis and still manage to make it work, even though the temperature isn't necessarily... "optimal". It still functions very nicely like it's supposed to and that's all that matters. Plus on a side note it's just very aesthetically pleasing. Eye candy.
I love how you only used solid state quality storage rather than relying on any sort of magnetic drive to store data, but I'm not very satisfied with the lack of storage capacity in this. Not even 1TB? Hmm...

Overall, this thing really reminds me of a pink Xbox 360 (for some odd reason). It's just so cool to look at. I'd give this a 9.5/10.